Mick Hartley

Phyllis Galembo's photographs "reflect the ritual adornment and spirituality of masquerade in Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso in West Africa. These portraits of masqueraders build on Galembo's work of the past twenty years photographing the rituals and religious culture in Nigeria, Brazil, Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti, as well as the homegrown custom of Halloween in the United States."

Akata Dance Masqueraders, Ogoja, Nigeria, 2004:

[Photo: Phyllis Galembo]

Galembo's home page is here.

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